Done!

Yeah you were lucky. I had to take public transport for the number 93 bus. Memories of queuing in the rain.

On the plus side, the bus was filled with pretty Japanese students going from their Hall of Residence to University.

I saw this movie at the cinema in 1979 when it was released. I was 14, therefore 4 years too young to see it (UK, "X Certificate), but a member of friend group with a gruff voice went to the ticket office).

Large cinema, packed out, lots of excited mumbling until the film started.

After the face-hugger jump shot, total and absolute silence. And the at the chest-burster scene… absolute chaos. Screams. Real screams, not happy roller coaster screams. A few people leaving, unable to take it.

And it got me. It got me hard. I had deliberately avoided any description of the movie so had no expectations, and then this happened, ,right there in front of me. The gore, the realistic acting, the pain of John Hurt…oh my…

That set the scene for the rest of the movie and you knew they weren’t fucking about.

It traumatized me for weeks. Superb movie.

Fair enough, I take your points too. Take it easy, enjoy the GOT, I enjoyed the philosophical wrangling

By that logic:

Isolation is not freedom

Freedom (includes¹) the ability to mingle with other societies. But whilst you are in the company of other societies, you are bound by their social constructs (rules,laws). So you aren’t free, except of course you’re free to leave. In which case, see (1).

¹ The use of the word “includes” implies other examples exist. What are they?

Android User here. Never owned any Apple device.

But they’re fucking good quality. Anyone can see that. So what’s the problem?

I like Android 'cos I like dicking about with it. Some people don’t want to dick about with their phones, they want to do other stuff that could be more interesting.

I don’t think anything can.

I think the only way to experience true freedom would be to live, alone, on an unrecognised island, or in a space capsule.

The moment you encountered another person, you’d need to establish rules so you could co-exist in peace. No theft, for example.

At which point you aren’t free.

Horse meat is common in Switzerland. There are restaurants specialising in it.

It’ll be interesting to watch someone establish a bank in a space station.

Inevitable, probably.

For all fallen, from any conflict, from any side.

They gave their lives.